• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Stability of the Virome in Lab- and Field-Collected Aedes albopictus Mosquitoes across Different Developmental Stages and Possible Core Viruses in the Publicly Available Virome Data of Aedes Mosquitoes
  • Contributor: Shi, Chenyan; Zhao, Lu; Atoni, Evans; Zeng, Weifeng; Hu, Xiaomin; Matthijnssens, Jelle; Yuan, Zhiming; Xia, Han
  • imprint: American Society for Microbiology, 2020
  • Published in: mSystems
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00640-20
  • ISSN: 2379-5077
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  • Description: <jats:p> Our study revealed that the virome was very stable across all developmental stages of both lab-derived and field-collected <jats:named-content content-type="genus-species">Aedes albopictus</jats:named-content> . The data representing the core virome in lab <jats:italic>A. albopictus</jats:italic> proved the vertical transmission route of these viruses, forming a “vertically transmitted core virome.” Field mosquitoes also contained this stable vertically transmitted core virome as well as additional viruses, which probably represented “environment-derived core virome” and which therefore were less stable over time and geography. By further screening publicly available SRA viral metagenomic data sets from mosquitoes belonging to the genus <jats:italic>Aedes</jats:italic> , some of the identified core ISVs were shown to be present in the majority of SRAs, such as Phasi Charoen-like phasivirus and Guadeloupe mosquito virus. How these core ISVs influence the biology of the mosquito host and arbovirus infection and evolution deserves to be further explored. </jats:p>
  • Access State: Open Access